I received this on another Yahoo mailing list. I believe it only
applies to people who have a specific Yahoo id and not people
who simply have their E-mail address on this Yahoo groups
list. I'm not certain, however. Those in the latter category
may wish to follow the link. If you're challenged to have a
Yahoo ID created for you first before you can get to the page
itself, you might want to consider whether you would even want
one.

For people who do have a Yahoo ID, I would also suggest using the
feedback form found on that page on the bottom (under, "Is this
enough information") to criticize the concept of creating a bunch of
new marketing categories and assuming you don't mind their self-serving
default selection that makes you opt-out of the new marketing lists
instead of opting in. If they get enough negative feedback about this,
hopefully they'll think twice about ever doing it again.

Fred

From: "aronbc" <aronbc@...>
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 21:17:53 -0000
Subject: [SFBayArea-VTES] Yahoo Changes = SPAM?
Reply-To: SFBayArea-VTES@yahoogroups.com

>Didn't know if you were all aware of this change to Yahoo.
>***
>If you're a egroups (now yahoo groups) user or use any of Yahoo's
>services, they just did a really nasty trick to bulkmail you. The info
>on it is available at:
>
>http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/privacy/privacy-23.html
>
>Bottom line: They have added you to over a dozen bulkmailing lists
>they've set up and default selected "yes" to receive their garbage.
>Make sure you log into the preference section of your account to
>reset these options to NO before they start hitting your email
>address with tons of bulk mail.
>
>I encourage you to forward this to anyone you think might be affected
>by this.

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"What the hell are you doing with a car on G-D D-MN MOON?!? I never was able
to figure that out. YOU'RE ON THE MOON!!! ISN'T THAT FAR ENOUGH?!? There was
no more male idea in the history of the universe then, 'Why don't we fly up to
the moon and drive around?'" --Jerry Seinfeld